“Ek mangal hai” — Jain Dharma me sabse bada aur sarvottam Mangal Navkār (Namokār) Mahāmantra hai. Isse “Mahā‑Mangal Sūtra” bhi kaha jata hai. Iska pāṭh sabse śubh mana gaya hai.

1) Mool pāṭh (Prakrit/Devanāgarī) नमो अरिहंताणं। नमो सिद्धाणं। नमो आयरियाणं। नमो उवज्झायाणं। नमो लोए सव्वसाहूणं। एसो पंच नमुक्कारो, सव्वपावप्पणासणो। मंगलाणं च सव्वेसिं, पढमं हवइ मंगलं।

2) Saral arth (arth-bhāv)

• Arihant, Siddh, Āchārya, Upādhyāy aur sabhi Sādhuon ko vandan.
• Ye pañch‑parmeṣṭhī ko namaskār sab pāpon ko kṣaya karne vālā hai.
• Sabhi mangalon meṅ yeh pratham aur śreṣṭh Mangal hai.

Paramparā‑antar (Digambar/Shvetāmbara)

• Donoṁ sampradāy is mantra ko sarvottam Mangal mānte hain. Uccāraṇ meṁ laghu bhinnatā (jaise “Āyariyāṇam/Āyariyāṇaṁ”, “Uvajjhāyāṇam”) ho sakti hai; arth aur maryādā ek hi hai.

Anya lokpriya “Mangal” śloka

• “Mangalam Bhagavān Vīro,

Mangalam Gautamaḥ Prabhuḥ, Mangalam Sthūlibhadra‑ādyāḥ, Jaina‑Dharmostu Mangalam.” Arth: Bhagavān Mahāvīr, Gautam Svāmī, Āchārya‑paramparā (Sthūlibhadra ādi) aur Jain‑Dharma — sab ka mangal ho.

Adhyayan/paṭh ke liye

• Namokār Mahāmantra ka saṅkṣep aur vyākhyā:
• “Mangalam Bhagwan Viro” par saṅkṣep:

Is pramukh Mangal mantra ka dhyān śuddh bhāv se kareṅ; yahi Jain Dharma meṅ śreṣṭh Mangal mana gayā hai.